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Roane County teams including Oliver Springs and Harriman High Junior Varsity boys and Cherokee Middle boys competed in a JV tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend at Coalfield.

Oliver Springs vs Scott County JV

Oliver Springs defeated Scott County by a score of 27-23 on Friday afternoon. The Bobcats started out slow trailing the Highlanders 7-4 after one. Bryson Alcorn was the lone scorer for OS with two baskets.

The Rockwood Rotary Club will host its annual RHS football awards night. It is scheduled for Thursday night, january 11, 2018 in the First Baptist Church Famil Life Center located on Chamberlain Avenue in Rockwood. Cost of tickets will be $8 each or two for $15. Order early because tickets at the door will be $10. It is expected that there will be limited seating this year due to the RHS Tigers’ successful season. B.J. Coleman, former quarterback for the UTC Moccasins, will be the guest speaker. The event is scheduled for 6:30pm start.

The Harriman Lady Devils and Blue Devils hosted the Lady Tigers and Tigers of Sunbright on Tuesday night in some high school basketball action. The Lady Tigers were able to pick up the first victory of the night by a score of 42-37. The Blue Devils were able to pick up the victory in the second game of the night by a score of 75-51

The first game of night was between the Lady Tigers of Sunbright and the Lady Devils of Harriman.

“I tell people to stay out of court,” he said. “Don’t ever come to court because bad things happen to people when they come into a courtroom, and something bad is going to happen to you on Jan. 4 if you don’t clean up half that mess.”

Williams is referring to the mess on the property that Hayes owns at 1812 Bluff Road, Harriman.

Raw sewage overflowed from a malfunctioning pump station in Harriman this weekend.

“We had an equipment failure at the Walnut Hill pump station that caused the pumps not to start as the level in the wet well rose creating the overflow. This is not normal operating procedure and we continually are working on ways to prevent this type of occurrence,” said Bill Young, Harriman Utility Board manager.

The station is on the bank where the inlet from the Emory River comes in across from Walnut Hill Baptist Church.

Midway traveled to Coalfield on Tuesday evening to take on the Yellow Jackets in a district matchup with the Lady Waves taking the first game by a final score of 53-31 and the Jackets winning the nightcap 95-54.

Caitlyn Ross scored 14 first quarter points as the Lady Waves implemented their full court press to near perfection as they jumped out to a 27-6 first quarter lead. Brooklynn Seiber led the Lady Jackets with four points, two rebounds and a steal.